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STUDENT-RESEARCHER AT MOLECULAR-UPR CENTER WINS PRIZE IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

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La joven Kaitlyn Nieves Serra recibió un reconocimiento de la Sociedad Americana de Química (ACS) de EE. UU.

 

Kaitlyn Nieves Serra, a student researcher at the Molecular Center, was recently honored at the thirty-eighth annual American Chemical Society (ACS) National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium held in Seattle, Washington.

Kaitlyn's presentation was recognized for the novelty of her research, the way she presented her data and how she answered the judges' questions. The award was “Best Poster Presentation,” organized and judged by Dr. Juhienah Khalaf of GlaxoSmithKline. With more than 100 entries, nine students were awarded, and only one Puerto Rican.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RESEARCHING COQUI AND CORONAVIRUS 2 WIN GRANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC

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Kellyann Román-Cruz and Héctor G. Torres-De Jesús were awarded scholarships to attend the Emerging Researchers National 2024 Conference, which will be held in Washington DC from March 14-16.

This opportunity will allow them not only to present the latest results of their scientific research conducted at the Center for Research in Molecular Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico (CICiM-UPR), but also to improve their scientific communication skills and explore global professional alternatives in the sciences, which are the main objectives of the conference.

UPR Mayagüez Campus students begin 2024 with educational experience at Google

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A group of 33 students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM) participated in a Google Tech Exchange 2024 educational experience in Mountain View, California in early January. 

"This opportunity aims to empower students studying at HBCUs or HSIs (mostly Latino, Native and African American institutions) to grow in the technology industry. Participants in this program took virtual classes dedicated to developing skills in the field of Computer Science taught by Googlers, that is, engineers and software developers employed by Google with many years of experience in the computer industry," said Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, coordinator of the initiative and member of its academic committee. 

RUM Steel Bridge Team takes first place in Canada

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The Steel Bridge team, from the Civil Engineering and Surveying Department (INCI) of the University of Mayagüez Campus (RUM), won first place overall at the Canadian National Steel Bridge Competition (CNSBC), an event held at Western Ontario University in Canada. 

The collegiate group, composed of 14 students, achieved first place in the following categories: Lightness, Construction Economy, Cost Estimate, Construction Speed, and Circular Engineering. It also took third place in the Aesthetics category. 

Prior to this first place, the students obtained third place in the regional competitions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which allowed them to qualify for the U.S. national competitions for the ninth consecutive year. 

CIENCIA PUERTO RICO BRINGS WOMEN SCIENTISTS TO THE PUERTO RICAN SCHOOLS

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The nonprofit organization distributed a total of 250 posters and other educational materials about Puerto Rican and Latina women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to be displayed in schools and to expose young people to culturally relevant role models.

RUM professor receives grant from NSF for research in experimental particle physics

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Dr. Sudhir Malik, professor of the Physics Department of the Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received a grant of $ 375 thousand from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project called Physics beyond the Standard Model with the pixel detector CMS, which will allow you to continue your collaboration in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, located in the European Laboratory of Particle Physics (CERN) on the Franco-Swiss border, near Geneva.

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NSF awards grant to improve the resilience of energy systems in disasters

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a grant of $ 300 thousand to doctors Nayda G. Santiago Santiago, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Mayagüez Campus (RUM) and Yuanrui Sang, from the University of Texas, in El Paso (UTEP), for a project that seeks to develop a distributed decision-making mechanism during natural disasters to improve the resilience of energy systems. The professors, along with a group of students from both institutions, would use the technology called blockchain, to measure the status of an electrical network.

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Puerto Rico at the mercy of climate change

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This is the first part of a series of two articles.

Global warming is no longer  a problem of the future, is already part of our everyday lives. A month ago, NASA released a report that found  the average temperature of the Earth's surface in 2018 was the fourth hottest in 140 years of records.

What is hypothyroidism and how is it treated?

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Before I started studying pharmacy, my mother used to tell me often that she did not feel quite right, she was always tired and had been recently gaining some weight without any apparent trigger or change in eating habits. It never occurred to me that these symptoms were the onset of hypothyroidism. After being diagnosed, my mother joined the number of people suffering from the thyroid, along with my grandmother and grandfather and many other Puerto Ricans.  

Scientists from Puerto Rico Participate in Prestigious Leadership Training to Increase STEM Leaders of Color

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This week, a new generation of underrepresented minority STEM leaders are being trained to serve, strengthen, and unify communities at the local and national level. They are learning tools to lead institutional transformation and help build a critical mass of STEM professionals and leaders from underrepresented communities. Ciencia Puerto Rico is represented.

Ciencia Puerto Rico congratulates Drs. Aixa Aleman-Díaz, Rosa Leon-Zayas, Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo, from Puerto Rico, and other outstanding scientific leaders who are participating in the 2018 Linton-Poodry SACNAS led by Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), developed in partnership with the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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